date:Aug 25, 2014
ul Silva offered James Bond in Skyfall was aged for half a century.
Whisky, derived from the old Irish phrase for water of life, is made from a mash of fermented grain, yeast and water that is distilled and then aged in oak casks. A single-malt is produced from malted barley at one distillery.
As each cask ages, some of the spirit evaporates, a loss known as the angels share. A 50-year-old barrel can lose as much as 60 percent of its contents.
Some of the most-coveted whiskies come from casks